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In reply to the discussion: How will over-the-limit, DUI driving infractions be determined [View all]jmowreader
(50,554 posts)Numerous scientific studies have confirmed cannabis is a superior antiemetic highly useful in the treatment of chemotherapy patients. It helps them to eat so starvation doesn't kill them before cancer gets a chance to.
Now check this out...11-OH-THC stimulates appetite. Anyone who's ever seen a pothead in the Throes of the Killer Weed knows it takes a few minutes from the time the pot takes effect before the desire to empty the fridge takes hold. That's a problem in pediatric oncology because you just want the kid hungry, not high.(There is a 7-year-old pediatric MMJ recipient in Central Washington. She does not like being high.) Now...imagine the wonders if (1) we find out the OH metabolite is responsible for nausea control and (2) we figure out how to make it. You could have special "Chemo Kids" meals - nutritionally balanced healthy meals the patients can't stop eating because they're laced with 11-OH. Given sufficient testing 11-OH could become the default treatment for appetite suppression.